Fallen tree in the woods

Typical woodland scene in early summer; decay and beauty in nature (metaphor). Sunlight penetrating through the trees. 

Swinley Forest is a large expanse of Crown Estate woodland mainly within the civil parishes of Windlesham in Surrey and Winkfield and Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.

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Did you know

A snag is a tree in the final stages of its life. It can be a dead standing tree or a dying tree. The tree’s life might be at an end, but its usefulness to wildlife is about to peak:

Dead wood provides specialist homes for insects as well as fungi. 

Read about Life cycle of a tree

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